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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Cam Barker.JPG
| image_size = 230px
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|4|4}}
| birth_place = [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], [[Canada]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 215
| position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
| league =[[KHL]]
| team= [[Barys Astana]]
| former_teams=[[Chicago Blackhawks]]<br>[[Minnesota Wild]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[HC Slovan Bratislava]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 3rd overall
| draft_year = 2004
| draft_team = [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| career_start = 2006
}}

'''Cameron Barker''' (born April 4, 1986) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] player who plays for [[Barys Astana]] in [[Kontinental Hockey League]]. He was selected third overall in the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] and spent four seasons with the club before being traded to the [[Minnesota Wild]] in [[2009–10 NHL season|2010]]. Internationally, Barker has won back-to-back gold medals at the [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] and [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006 World Junior Championships]].

== Playing career ==
[[File:Cam Barker 06 wjc.jpg|thumb|left|Barker with [[Canada national junior hockey team|Team Canada]] at the [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006 World Junior Championships]]]]

Barker grew up playing minor hockey in the Winnipeg area and played AAA Midget Hockey for the Winnipeg Thrashers at age 14. After that season he was drafted 4th overall in the 2001 WHL Bantam Draft by the Medicine Hat Tigers.

The following season, Barker moved east to play for the Gloucester Rangers and eventually the Cornwall (ON) Colts Jr.A. club of the Central Junior Hockey League (CJHL) before signing with the Tigers at the end of the same 2001-02 season.

Barker began his [[junior hockey]] career in [[2001–02 WHL season|2001–02]] with the [[Medicine Hat Tigers]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL), appearing in three games. The [[2002–03 WHL season|following season]], he led his team in scoring among defencemen with 47 points and was named to the WHL All-Rookie Team. He improved to a junior career-high 65 points in 60 games in [[2003–04 WHL season|2003–04]], leading the Tigers to a [[Ed Chynoweth Cup|President's Cup]] championship. As WHL champions, they earned a berth in the [[2004 Memorial Cup]], however, Medicine Hat was defeated by the [[Gatineau Olympiques]] in the semi-final.

He was drafted third overall by the [[Chicago Blackhawks]] in the [[2004 NHL Entry Draft]] and was signed to an entry-level contract by Chicago on August 22, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coyotes keep Mara in pack|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=2140212|accessdate=2008-12-15|date=2005-08-23|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> He made the Blackhawks opening roster out of training camp in [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] and made his [[National Hockey League|NHL]] debut against the [[Colorado Avalanche]], but was returned after one game to Medicine Hat,<ref name=juniors>{{cite web|title=Juniors depending on Barker|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Junior/2005/12/11/1348411-sun.html|accessdate=2008-12-15|date=2005-12-11|publisher=[[CANOE (Canadian Online Explorer)|CANOE]]}}</ref> where he completed the season with 18 points in 26 games.

Barker began the [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07 season]] injured, having undergone ankle surgery in September.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Blackhawks D Barker to undergo ankle surgery|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=nhl&id=2589220|accessdate=2008-12-15|date=2006-09-15|publisher=ESPN}}</ref> After recovering, he joined the [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]], Chicago's [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate, making his Norfolk debut on November 3, 2006. He recorded his first professional point on November 21 against the [[Manchester Monarchs (AHL)|Manchester Monarchs]], assisting on the [[game winning goal|game-winning]] [[overtime (ice hockey)|overtime]] goal. A few games later, he scored his first professional goal on November 29 against the [[Bridgeport Sound Tigers]] in a 6–3 loss. Later in the season, he was called up by the Blackhawks and scored his first NHL goal on January 14, 2007 against the [[Minnesota Wild]]. He finished his rookie season playing in 35 games with Chicago and recording 8 points.

Despite finishing his rookie season with the Blackhawks, he was reassigned to the AHL to begin [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]. Joining the [[Rockford IceHogs]] in their inaugural AHL season (the team previously played in the [[United Hockey League]]), he assisted on the first ever goal in IceHogs AHL history on October 6, 2007 against the [[Quad City Flames]]. Barker had been selected to play at the 2008 [[AHL All-Star Game|AHL All-Star Classic]], but did not attend as he was once again recalled by the Blackhawks. In his second stint with the Blackhawks, he improved to six goals and 18 points in 45 games.

Barker did not make the Blackhawks cut for the start of the [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09 season]] and was assigned once again to Rockford. With the Blackhawks just under the salary cap, Barker's $2.8 million cap hit would have put them over the limit. However, general manager [[Dale Tallon]] asserted that Barker's demotion was not based on salary cap considerations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tallon says Barker's demotion a 'hockey decision'|url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=241187&src=149|accessdate=2008-10-13|date=2008-10-07|publisher=''[[Daily Herald (Chicago)|Daily Herald]]''}}</ref> After 7 games with Rockford, he was called up by the Blackhawks and remained with the team. Barker finished the season six goals, 34 assists, and a [[Plus-minus (ice hockey)|plus-minus]] of -6.

With Barker becoming a [[restricted free agent]] in the off-season, the [[NHL Players Association]] filed a grievance on July 6, 2009, against the Blackhawks on Barker's behalf for not extending a qualifying offer by the required deadline. As such, the NHLPA argued that Barker (as well as five other Blackhawks players in the same situation) qualified as an [[unrestricted free agent]] and could entertain offers from other teams around the league.<ref>{{cite news|title=NHLPA files grievance for mishandled qualifying offers|url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=283900|accessdate=2010-03-11|date=2009-07-06|publisher=[[The Sports Network]]}}</ref> The Blackhawks quickly came to terms with Barker the same day, re-signing him to a three-year contract worth [[United States dollar|US$]]9.25 million.<ref>{{cite news | first=Kiley | last=Marc| title=Blackhawks re-sign Cam Barker, five others| date=2009-07-09 | publisher=''[[Chicago Now]]'' | url=http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/blackhawks-confidential/2009/07/blackhawks-re-sign-cam-barker-five-others.html| accessdate = 2010-03-11 }}</ref>

On February 12, 2010, Barker was traded to the [[Minnesota Wild]] for defenceman [[Kim Johnsson]] and defensive prospect [[Nick Leddy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=309956 |title=WILD SEND JOHNSSON, LEDDY TO BLACKHAWKS FOR BARKER |publisher=TSN.ca |date=February 12, 2010}}</ref>

He was placed on waivers by Minnesota on June 28, 2011, with the intention of buying out his contract.<ref>{{cite web|last=Russo|first=Michael|title=Cam Barker on waivers, buyout possible|url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/124655749.html|work=[[Minneapolis Star-Tribune]]|accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref>

He signed a one-year contract worth $2.25 million with the [[Edmonton Oilers]] on July 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=NHL Free Agent Tracker|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=25880|work=The Sports Network|accessdate=1 July 2011}}</ref> On June 25, 2012, he was not tendered a contract and released as a free agent by the [[Edmonton Oilers]].

On September 2012, he was invited to the AHL's [[Texas Stars]] training camp and later made it to the main roster. Barker marked his first return to the AHL since 2008 in debuting for the Stars to start the [[2012-13 AHL season|2012–13]] season, on October 13 in a game against [[San Antonio Rampage]]. After 23 games with Texas, his professional try-out was not extended and he left the team.

On January 13, 2013, Barker signed a one-year contract worth $700,000 with the [[Vancouver Canucks]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=413456 | title = Canucks sign D Barker to one-year contract | publisher = ''[[The Sports Network]]'' | date = 2013-01-13 | accessdate = 2013-01-13}}</ref> Barker was not re-signed by the Canucks and became an unrestricted free agent on July 5, 2013.

On November 5, 2013, Barker signed a one-year deal with [[Barys Astana]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[NBC Sports]]|title=Veteran NHLer Cam Barker signs with KHL squad|url=http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2013/11/05/veteran-nhler-cam-barker-signs-with-khl-squad/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs |date=November 5, 2013|accessdate=November 6, 2013}}</ref> After spending the 2013-14 season in the KHL, Barker returned to North America and attended training camp with the Blackhawks on a player tryout offer. However, on September 27, 2014, the Blackhawks announced that they had released Barker, leaving him as an unrestricted free agent.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=732034|title = Blackhawks Reduce Roster to 38|date = September 27, 2014|accessdate = |website = Chicago Blackhawks Official Website|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>

On December 22, 2014, Barker signed a contract until end of [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] season 2014/2015 with [[HC Slovan Bratislava]] and then had his contract renewed for the 2015-16 season. He left Bratislava after two years to return to [[Barys Astana]] in May 2016.

== International play ==
{{MedalTableTop|name=}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada national junior hockey team|Canada]]}}
{{MedalSport|[[Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006 Canada]]|}}
{{MedalGold|[[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005 Canada]]|}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Spengler Cup]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2012 Spengler Cup|2012 Davos]]|}}
{{MedalBottom}}

Barker was a part of [[Canada national junior hockey team|Team Canada]]'s gold medal winning team at the [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005 World Junior Championships]]. However, he contracted [[mononucleosis]] mid-way through the tournament and was only able to appear in the first 3 games.<ref name=juniors/> Barker made his second straight [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior]] appearance in [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] as the only returning player on Team Canada's roster. He repeated as gold medal champion with Team Canada, which defeated Russia in the final.

== Awards ==
*[[Western Hockey League|WHL]] All-Rookie Team - [[2002–03 WHL season|2003]]
*[[Ed Chynoweth Cup]] championship (WHL title; [[Medicine Hat Tigers]]) - [[2003–04 WHL season|2004]]
*[[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior]] gold medal - [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005]], [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]]
*[[2012 Spengler Cup]] Winner

== Career statistics ==

===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2001–02 WHL season|2001–02]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Medicine Hat Tigers]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2002–03 WHL season|2002–03]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 64
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 47
| ALIGN="center" | 79
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 17
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2003–04 WHL season|2003–04]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 69
| ALIGN="center" | 21
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | 65
| ALIGN="center" | 105
| ALIGN="center" | 20
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 18
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2004–05 WHL season|2004–05]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 52
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 33
| ALIGN="center" | 48
| ALIGN="center" | 99
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 16
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2005–06 WHL season|2005–06]]
| ALIGN="center" | Medicine Hat Tigers
| ALIGN="center" | WHL
| ALIGN="center" | 26
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 59
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Norfolk Admirals (AHL)|Norfolk Admirals]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 53
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 13
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Blackhawks
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 35
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 44
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | [[2007–08 AHL season|2007–08]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[Rockford IceHogs]]
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 29
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 67
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
| ALIGN="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2007–08 NHL season|2007–08]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 45
| 6
| 12
| 18
| 52
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2008–09 NHL season|2008–09]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 68
| 6
| 34
| 40
| 65
| 17
| 3
| 6
| 9
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]
| Chicago Blackhawks
| NHL
| 51
| 4
| 10
| 14
| 58
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2009–10 NHL season|2009–10]]
| [[Minnesota Wild]]
| NHL
| 19
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 NHL season|2010–11]]
| Minnesota Wild
| NHL
| 52
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 34
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2011-12 NHL season|2011–12]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| NHL
| 25
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 23
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 AHL season|2012–13]]
| [[Texas Stars]]
| AHL
| 23
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 24
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2012-13 NHL season|2012–13]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| NHL
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
| [[Barys Astana]]
| [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| 26
| 2
| 10
| 12
| 26
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 10
|-
| [[2014-15 KHL season|2014–15]]
| [[HC Slovan Bratislava]]
| KHL
| 18
| 0
| 9
| 9
| 19
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 310
! 21
! 75
! 96
! 290
! 17
! 6
! 3
! 9
! 2
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{hockeydb|62512}}
*[http://brickhockeyhighlights.com/content/view/31/27/ Cam Barker Minor Hockey Point Shot Goal Video]
*{{nhlprofile|8471216}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Brent Seabrook]] | title = [[List of Chicago Blackhawks draft picks|Chicago Blackhawks first round draft pick]] | years = [[2004 NHL Entry Draft|2004]] | after = [[Jack Skille]]}}
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Winnipeg]]
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[[Category:National Hockey League first round draft picks]]
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[[Category:Ice hockey people from Manitoba]]

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